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[News Script: Tumbleweed]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the town of Colorado City being designated the "Tumbleweed Capital" of the United States and the subsequent festivities marking the occasion.
Date: April 29, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Parade

Description: Copy photograph of the Hardin-Simmons University Six White Horses in a parade in Colorado City, Texas. The riders, all women, carry the six flags of Texas. There is a store behind called Landaus. A crowd watches from the side of the street.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Historic plaque - Dr. Preston C. Coleman

Description: Photograph of a historic marker. It reads: "Physician and Leader Dr. Preston C. Coleman (1853 - 1932). Born in Tennessee. Graduated from University of Louisville (KY.). Coming in 1883 to Colorado City, rode horseback or by buggy to ranches in 100-mile radius, practicing here rest of his life. Religion, medicine, and education were his chief concerns. He was a Texas & Pacific Railroad surgeon; 1895-96 president, Texas Medical Association; a fellow, American College of Surgeons; an elder in his c… more
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.39123629438257 -100.86280046352658
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Mitchell County monument on courthouse grounds

Description: Mitchell County settled after Indians left Texas in 1875, one of 128 counties created (Aug. 21, 1876) from Bexar Territory covering west Texas to the panhandle and El Paso. Named for Mitchell brothers, Asa and Eli, Texas war for independence veterans. Organized Jan. 10, 1881, when the railroad came, making county seat Colorado City west Texas "mother city" and first boom town. Oil, sheep and cattle ranching center, historic sites include Comanche Indian Village, Seven Wells, Last Buffalo Wateri… more
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
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Historic plaque - Founding of Colorado City

Description: Photograph of a historic marker in Colorado City. It reads: "The Founding of Colorado City. Founded, 1880, at the crossing of the Colorado River and Texas & Pacific Railroad right-of-way: central shipping point and supply depot for the sprawling cattle ranches of west Texas and New Mexico. From 1880 (when A. W. Dunn opened his dirt-floor. Tent-roof General Store) to 1890. The boisterous cattle town garnered notoriety as well as fame. The largest community between Fort Worth and El Paso. Colorad… more
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.391186910670385 -100.8678823017309
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George Herman Mahon monument

Description: Photograph of the George Herman Mahon monument. There is a bust of Mahon atop the monument. A plaque under the bust says "George Herman Mahon (1900-1985) reared in Mitchell County. First United States Congressman elected to 19th District (elected to 22 terms, 1934-1978). Chairman, appropriations committee (1964-1978). Mitchell County attorney (1926-1927). 32nd Judicial District Attorney (1927-1934). A Statesman."
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.39088880475211 -100.86825015062908
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War memorial - Mitchell County

Description: MAURIECE R MACKEY NAT. L. MANN JACK McDOWELL BOBBY C. MILLER WILLIAM A. MOHLER WYATT B. MOORE LYNN R. MORRISON ROBERT H. MOSER JAMES E. NUNN VIVIAN PHILLIPS EVERETT A. POND RAYMOND E. PRICE JACK A. REID OREN M. RICHARDSON ANDREW B. ROBERTSON, JR. VAN C. SAWYER CURTIC SCOTT CORKEY SHEPPARD DON K. SHEPPARD PAUL F. STEADMAN HOMER M. TILLER HIRAM W. VENUS WELDON W. WARE PERCY C. WHITLOCK WALTER W. WILSON, JR. LESLIE WOOD JACKSON H. WYATT WILSON WYATT KEREAN CONFLICT AUBREY LEE BENSON VIETNAM CON… more
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
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War memorial - Mitchell County

Description: WORLD WAR I TORRANCE A. ALLISON ALLEN G. BIRMINGHAM WILLIAM E. BOHANNON JOHN H. BROWN ARNETT DANIELS JOHN ESTES R.S.GARLAND OREN C. HOOKER JUNIUS MERRITT J.S.PETERS CONNER POSEY JESSE J. UZZLE BILL M. WILLIAMS SID WIMBERLEY ANDY WRIGHT WORLD WAR II FRANK P. BLASSINGAME JAMES BODINE JOEL W. BRADLEY R.H.BREITHAUPT REBECCA A. BRITTON ROY E. BROOKSHIRE LEON H. CALLAN LAWTON B. CALLISON HAROLD A. CAPELLUTO RAYMOND CASTILLO SIDNEY G. CHURCHILL WILLARD I. CRANEILL J.D. DODSON JOHN M. DOSS LEWIS E. DU… more
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
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Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-406

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether certain named persons were elected Constable and Justice of the Peace under the stated facts.
Date: March 22, 1965
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7275

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether town lots in Colorado City, conveyed to Southwestern University in 1887, are exempt from taxation.
Date: 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-529

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The authority of the Tax Assessor-Collector of Mitchell County to issue a full tax receipt upon payment of the county's share of the proceeds of the sale of land deeded to a school district in payment of delinquent taxes.
Date: March 31, 1948
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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